Ten theories of what happened to little BenKidnap theory ... police speculated that Ben could have been stolen from a farmhouse

SINCE Ben vanished a range of theories have claimed to explain the mystery.

Here are ten of them:

1. ‘NIKOS’

In 1993 a mystery man called a missing persons helpline claiming that Ben was
now known as “Andreas”, and living in Katerini, northern Greece, with a man
named Nikos. Police are now probing this claim.

2. UNCLE STEPHEN

Crash theory ... uncle Stephen Needham may have given the lad a ride on his moped

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Greek cops accused Ben’s uncle Stephen Needham of giving the lad a ride on his
moped, having a crash that killed the boy, then hiding the body. Stephen
denies this.

3. CHILD TRAFFICKERS

Police speculated that Ben could have been stolen from a farmhouse by a
baby-selling gang.

4. GYPSIES

Officers probed the possibility that a gypsy family took Ben.

5. PAEDOPHILE RING

It has been suggested the lad was abducted by child abusers.

6. THE WHITE CAR

On the day Ben vanished a white car was twice seen near the farmhouse. Cops
knew who owned it but waited until 2000 to tell the family who say it needs
investigating.

7. THE BLACK SPEEDBOAT

A source claimed Ben was whisked away from Kos on a black speedboat.

8. AN ACCIDENT

Debris theory ... cops dig for body of Ben in 2012

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Some believe Ben simply wandered off into nearby farmland and had a fatal
accident. In 2012 British cops excavated a pile of debris, but no body was
found.

9. ABDUCTION FOR ORGANS

An informant told Ben’s grandad Eddie that kids were regularly stolen and then
sold in seedy Greek bars, so their bodies could be used for organ
transplants.

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Published on 16 09 2016
A private detective who's spent years working voluntarily on the disappearance of Sheffield toddler Ben Needham has exclusively told Hallam the latest theory on what happened to him 'doesn't stack up'.
It was reported on Friday that the toddler, who went missing on the Greek Island of Kos, could have been crushed by a digger 25 years ago.
But doubt is being cast on that theory by a man who has devoted years of his life to investigating the disappearance.

Ian Crosby says it doesn't account for two items which went missing along with Ben:
"Ben wet his shorts - his grandmother washed the shorts out and hung them on a tree. Ben was left to play with a couple of toy cars.
"The shorts and the two cars disappeared at the same time that Ben disappeared. If it was the case that Ben had simply wandered off down the lane of his own accord and got involved in some terrible accident, then those shorts would still be on hanging on the tree and his cars would be found there as well."

This comes after Ben's mum Kerry told the Sunday Mirror that a friend of a digger driver said he believes the workman may have been responsible.

The digger - Konstantinos Barkas - reportedly died of stomach cancer last year. His widow said yesterday he was a 'good man' who had nothing to do with the disappearance.
Ian says he doubts that version of events is actually what happened:
"If you were to believe the story, you'd then have to try to explain how the toy cars and the shorts disappeared on the same day that this accident occurred.
"It doesn't stack up at all - I think it'll just turn out to be a waste of police time, money and resources and bring more heartache for the family. The toys and the shorts, I believe, will hold the key to what happened to ben and who removed him from the property.

"Somebody must know what happened to Ben Needham. I think unfortunately the angles that the police are taking have not been the right angles. They need to pay more attention, in my view, to these missing articles which must be linked to Ben's disappearance."
South Yorkshire Police say they're sending officers to Kos to start digging at two sites near where Ben was last seen - but they're keeping an "open mind" on the case.

The family of missing Ben Needham finally have some good news, after his sister gave birth to a baby girl today.
Leighanna Needham, 24, told of her “pure joy” after welcoming Aurora, named after the Disney princess from Sleeping Beauty.
Aurora tyttö syntynyt.